Buddhist palace maids want to be rich

Chapter 222 Banquet
Good luck on the sixth day of December.

After breakfast, Cheng Enhou and his wife came to the Chu Mansion and called Chu Tiankuo and Jiang Zhixia to go to the Liu Family Ancestral Hall together.

Chu Tiankuo and Jiang Zhixia sat in a carriage.In the carriage, the two looked at each other in silence.

Chu Tiankuo was a little disappointed, especially when he saw his father's back that pretended to be free and easy this morning, he felt a little regretful.

If not, things are out of his control, and he will definitely not make dad sad.

When they arrived at the Liu Clan's Ancestral Hall, Chu Tiankuo was led by Cheng Enhou and Liu Patriarch, and followed a group of Liu Clan men into the main hall of the ancestral hall.

The female family members of the Liu family were all standing in the courtyard outside the main hall and waiting.

They looked at Jiang Zhixia who was standing next to Mrs. Cheng Enhou, and they all whispered non-stop.

Madam Cheng Enhou patted Jiang Zhixia's hand reassuringly, for fear that she would be unhappy and leave directly.

Jiang Zhixia naturally didn't care that much.

In the ancestral hall, Chu Tiankuo offered incense, and patriarch Liu invited out the genealogy.Cheng Enhou was in his name, crossed out Liu Wenyu's name, and changed it to Liu Tiankuo.Next to Liu Tiankuo, "wife, Jiang's family" was written. '

After changing his name, Liu Tiankuo saw Jiang Zhixia's name next to his name, and a warm current surged in his heart.

After the many ceremonies were completed and the male of the Liu family came out of the ancestral hall, there was an endless stream of congratulations to Cheng Enhou and his wife.

Jiang Zhixia couldn't help feeling a pity when he saw that the originally good and domineering name, "Twilight Shen Shen Chu Tiankuo" had become the mediocre Liu Tiankuo.

Before her regret was gone, she was led by Mrs. Cheng Enhou to meet the members of the Liu clan.

Jiang Zhixia only smiled, shouted, and nodded in the crowded crowd.

If you ask her who she remembers, she can only say hehe. . . .

So, a busy morning.

At noon, Marquis Cheng En entertained the members of the Liu clan again in the mansion.

Waiting to see off the members of the Liu family, and after Cheng Enhou's family of four returned to the courtyard of the long house, everyone let out a breath in unison.

Seeing each other's appearance, everyone was a little funny.

Then it was business again.

"Since Tiankuo has recognized him, how about holding a banquet in the mansion and inviting all the families to let Tiankuo recognize him thoroughly, what do you think?" Mrs. Cheng Enhou asked Liu Tiankuo and Jiang Zhixia first. road.

She finally found her own son who had been lost for 20 years, so she naturally wanted to announce it to the world.

"Is this necessary? Don't you know everything you need to know?" Liu Tiankuo asked hesitantly.

"Well, there is always something I don't know. Let everyone recognize the person, so as not to offend you. Besides, this is a happy event. There are many banquets in the twelfth lunar month. It is not special for our family to hold one. "

When Madam Cheng Enhou heard Liu Tiankuo's refusal, she explained with a cautious smile.

Liu Tiankuo and Jiang Zhixia looked at the cautious Mrs. Cheng Enhou, then at her full head of white hair, and finally nodded.

"Okay, okay. You don't need to prepare anything, just wait for the day of the banquet. I will arrange everything else."

Seeing Mrs. Cheng Enhou who nodded their heads, she immediately frowned, with a smile on her face, and said cheerfully like a child.

Cheng Enhou looked at the excited Mrs. Cheng Enhou who hadn't seen him for a long time, and couldn't help stretching the wrinkles on his face.

"Daughter-in-law, if you have time, you can come into the mansion to chat with your mother at any time. If you don't have time, you can do it yourself."

Cheng Enhou also said with a smile.

Family happiness, but that's all, right?
"Okay. If Ma'am needs it, Zhixia will help." Jiang Zhixia also responded with a smile.

In this way, everyone happily discussed the day of the banquet.

Today is already the sixth day of the twelfth lunar month. It takes time to hold a banquet, and the people who attend the banquet also need time. They also need to avoid other people's banquets, so as not to rush the time.

However, Mrs. Cheng Enhou was eager to let everyone know that she had found her son who had been lost for 20 years.Refuse to choose a day that is too far behind.

Calculating in this way, the most suitable day seems to be the tenth day of the twelfth lunar month.

Mrs. Cheng Enhou was a little dissatisfied. She felt that this day was too rushed, and she was afraid that the preparations were not perfect enough.

"When Tiankuo goes home, the key point is to get to know more adults. In the twelfth lunar month, and because of the holidays for the Chinese New Year, it is more difficult for the adults to take leave together. The tenth day of the lunar new year is the ten-day holiday. On that day, everyone rested and took a bath. There is no need to ask for extra leave. Although it is not the best day, but it is also a coincidence that there are no nobles who want to hold a banquet, so I will not rush."

Seeing Madam Cheng Enhou's dissatisfaction, Cheng Enhou explained patiently.

After he finished speaking, seeing that Madam Cheng Enhou was still frowning, he went on to say: "If you say you are in a hurry, it is true. However, everyone knows that sooner or later we have to hold such a confession The banquet is probably all prepared. As for our mansion, there are so many stewards. No matter how bad it is, there are other two houses that can give orders. We can’t always think about using the name of our Marquis’ mansion without doing anything.”

When Mrs. Cheng Enhou heard it, it made sense, so she thought about it carefully.

As soon as she turned her head, she saw Liu Tiankuo and Jiang Zhixia looking at her, so she hurriedly explained: "I was thinking about Tiankuo and his daughter-in-law's first time attending the banquet in the Hou's Mansion, and I wanted to make it as perfect as possible. You guys Don't blame me for counting."

Liu Tiankuo and Jiang Zhixia naturally didn't care about her kindness, so they smiled and agreed with her.

In this way, it was finally decided to hold a banquet on the tenth day of the twelfth lunar month.

Now that the time was set, everyone started to get busy.

Mrs. Cheng Enhou immediately called all the stewards over to arrange posting, prepare all kinds of tableware, prepare dishes, arrange and other matters.

Seeing Mrs. Cheng Enhou, who was energetic and vigorous, everyone couldn't help laughing.

After returning to the Chu Mansion, Jiang Zhixia asked the top embroiderer of Yueying Workshop to sew new clothes for her, and asked Zhu Cuilou to process and add new head and face jewelry according to her new drawing.

On the Laba Festival, Liu Tiankuo and Jiang Zhixia went to Chengenhou's mansion together, and accompanied Chengenhou and his wife to drink a large portion of Laba porridge rewarded by the palace.

On the night of the ninth day of the ninth lunar month, because Cheng Enhou's mansion attached great importance to this banquet, Liu Tiankuo and Jiang Zhixia were taken to Cheng'enhou's mansion to stay overnight.

In this way, everything is ready, and the tenth day of the twelfth lunar month has arrived.

Cheng Enhou's mansion has been busy since early in the morning.

Fortunately, Mrs. Cheng Enhou is the head of the house, so naturally there are other sisters-in-law and young ladies to help and direct the servants around.

"Today, you and Tiankuo are the main roles. Therefore, the two of you only need to meet the guests, and you don't need to take care of other things."

Madam Cheng Enhou held Jiang Zhixia's hand and said in a pleasant manner.

Jiang Zhixia saluted gratefully.

After that, she followed Mrs. Cheng Enhou to entertain the guests.

From [-]:[-] pm onwards, people came to the banquet one after another.

Thus, Jiang Zhixia acted like a spinning top, constantly saluting the guests and talking with them.

I received a bunch of meeting gifts, but I didn't send them out to prepare them myself——because Mrs. Cheng Enhou helped her prepare the meeting gifts too.

At the end of Sishi and the beginning of noon, the number of visitors reached its peak.A continuous stream of people came in, even Jiang Zhixia had to leave Mrs. Cheng Enhou and entertain the young women alone.

(End of this chapter)